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United States Patent | 5,118,514 |
Adams ,   et al. | June 2, 1992 |
This invention is directed to the use of soluble tea solids as a browning agent for use in the microwave baking of foods having an unbaked dough crust, such as meat pies and fruit pies. The soluble tea solids are coated onto the dough crust in the form of an aqueous solution obtained by the aqueous extraction of tea leaves or by the reconstitution of instant tea powder, or in the form of an emulsion of the aqueous solution with oil. A small amount of a hydrocolloid gum preferably is included in the aqueous solution to provide a thickened solution of soluble tea solids, which is coated onto the dough crust.
Inventors: | Adams; Robert M. (Sherman Oaks, CA); Melachouris; Nicholas (Westlake Village, CA) |
Assignee: | Nestec S.A. (Vevey, CH) |
Appl. No.: | 599935 |
Filed: | October 19, 1990 |
Current U.S. Class: | 426/94; 426/241; 426/250; 426/262; 426/305; 426/540; 426/573; 426/658 |
Intern'l Class: | A23L 001/025; A23L 001/05; A23L 001/275 |
Field of Search: | 426/250,262,540,243,302,305,241,94,597,658,573 |
4278694 | Jul., 1981 | Chiu | 426/314. |
4552776 | Nov., 1985 | Tse | 426/540. |
4735812 | Apr., 1988 | Bryson et al. | 426/262. |
4882184 | Nov., 1989 | Buckholz et al. | 426/549. |
4963376 | Oct., 1990 | Nafisi-Movaghar | 426/307. |
4968522 | Nov., 1990 | Steinke et al. | 426/540. |
4985261 | Jan., 1991 | Kang et al. | 426/262. |
Foreign Patent Documents | |||
62-186764 | Aug., 1987 | JP | 426/262. |
______________________________________ Ingredient Amount (gm) ______________________________________ Instant tea powder 1.0 Sodium carbonate 1.0 Xanthan gum 0.5 Water 97.5 ______________________________________